Oreo Popcorn

Even with the 100-ish cookie recipes on this site, good old-fashioned packaged Oreos are still Robb’s favorite.

He has rules for his Oreos, too. No double stuffed, no flavored, and certainly no Golden Oreos. The only acceptable variety is the plain, regular, original kind.

I don’t really blame him, Oreos are fantastic, although we differ on the details. I think the different flavors are all wonderful, (variety is the spice of life, and all that) although I kind of agree about the Golden Oreos. I can’t bring myself to spend money on them.

No matter. I can compromise with the best of them. I bought a package of plain original Oreos, and used half the package on this yummy Oreo White Chocolate Popcorn, and left the other half of the package for Robb to eat plain.

It’s a win-win.

The Hippie Chick absolutely adores white chocolate, especially when it’s mixed with Oreos. She actually prefers white chocolate to regular chocolate, leading me to believe she was switched at birth.

Although, to be fair, I had a hard time keeping my hands out of this popcorn, too. I really have a weakness for white chocolate popcorn.

You know what else? Those pretzels covered in white chocolate. Lawd have mercy, that stuff is like crack.

Let me dive in here with some details. First, for a recipe like this, I really prefer the almond bark or candy melts. They melt nicely, and set up well with a few minutes in the fridge. White chocolate chips get all wonky and gross when you melt them, so please don’t use that. Regular old white chocolate like this stuff is fine, too, although in my experience the candy coating sets up a little better.

And about the popcorn… I used an air popper {I’m sort of racist against microwave popcorn.} but use whatever method you prefer. You’ll probably be happiest with the plain white unflavored variety, but if you happen to have only buttered microwave popcorn in your pantry, don’t let that stop you. I used 1/2 cup of unpopped kernels, and I’m guessing here, but I think that’s pretty close to two regular microwave bags.

I used about a sleeve and a half of the regular Oreos, but next time I’m totally trying this with Mint Oreos.